Dr. David W. Roe is a teacher, composer, arranger, conductor and trombonist. For many years, he has been a teacher of instrumental and vocal music in the secondary schools of Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Roe began his post secondary studies at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a Mus. Bac. Degree in Music Education. At the same time, he received the A.R.C.T. Diploma in Trombone from the Royal Conservatory. The year after graduating, he had the opportunity of studying at the Akademie fur Music und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria. Later in his teaching career, he returned to graduate school at the University of Miami, Florida, where he earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Music Composition.

Dr. Roe has written many compositions for symphony orchestra, concert band, woodwind, brass, string and percussion ensembles, choir and organ, and English handbells. His compositions have been performed in Canada and the United States.